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1951: ANZUS

September 1, 2020

By AHNZ

Today in history, 1 September, 1951, the ANZUS Treaty was signed in San Francisco. It bound Australia, New Zealand, and the United States to cooperate and watch each other’s backs in the Pacific. The Korean War was still ongoing at the time.

Labour 4.0 put New Zealand’s security at risk by flushing ANZUS in 1985 in favour of ‘Nuclear Free’ virtue signalling. Happily, we have yet to be invaded but Uncle Sam may yet have the last laugh.

This toon from 1989 seems to be reacting to news Australia might also tell America to shove it up their uranium.


Ref. Invasion of the Monstas; Mark O’Brien (1990)
Note: ANZUS came into force on 29 April, 1952

 

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